Chris Manly
@chrismanly.bsky.social
Manager by day, thespian and singer any time I can. It’s not about finding the answers, it’s about finding the right questions.
Why do they find public services to be so offensive? Simple. It is because public services rob them of the opportunity to profit off of that activity. This has been the drive behind every privatization effort, every utility deregulation, all of it. Not efficiency. Not competitiveness. Profit.
February 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Why do they find public services to be so offensive? Simple. It is because public services rob them of the opportunity to profit off of that activity. This has been the drive behind every privatization effort, every utility deregulation, all of it. Not efficiency. Not competitiveness. Profit.
Just when I thought I'd sorted through all of the old media in boxes... I found another box. And this one had a nontrivial number of VHS tapes. Anyone still got a working VCR I could borrow to check some of these over?
January 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Just when I thought I'd sorted through all of the old media in boxes... I found another box. And this one had a nontrivial number of VHS tapes. Anyone still got a working VCR I could borrow to check some of these over?
It was never about free speech. It was never about the unborn. It was never about election integrity. It was never about any of the things they said it was about. It was about control, and power over. Power over you, power over me. Everything else was a distraction.
January 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
It was never about free speech. It was never about the unborn. It was never about election integrity. It was never about any of the things they said it was about. It was about control, and power over. Power over you, power over me. Everything else was a distraction.
Sometimes it hurts. Even when you know it's the right thing, and that all will be well, it still hurts.
January 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Sometimes it hurts. Even when you know it's the right thing, and that all will be well, it still hurts.
Noise canceling earbuds make Wegmans at noon on a Sunday significantly less overwhelming. It's a little impressive how much noise and stimulation still comes through, but boy, is it easier to think when you're not filtering out as much ambient stuff.
December 15, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Noise canceling earbuds make Wegmans at noon on a Sunday significantly less overwhelming. It's a little impressive how much noise and stimulation still comes through, but boy, is it easier to think when you're not filtering out as much ambient stuff.
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Your Daily Affirmation:
I am completely open to a pleasant surprise. I lower my thresholds for both pleasant and surprise to live that moment.
I am completely open to a pleasant surprise. I lower my thresholds for both pleasant and surprise to live that moment.
December 6, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Your Daily Affirmation:
I am completely open to a pleasant surprise. I lower my thresholds for both pleasant and surprise to live that moment.
I am completely open to a pleasant surprise. I lower my thresholds for both pleasant and surprise to live that moment.
"...the qualities that matter in saving a valley or changing the world are mostly not physical courage and violent clashes but the ability to coordinate and inspire and connect with lots of other people and create stories about what could be and how we get there"
“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”
Rebecca Solnit: When the Hero is the Problem
For an embodiment of the word singlehanded you might turn to the heroine of the recent movie Woman at War. It’s about an Icelandic eco-saboteur who blows up rural power lines and hides in scenic sp…
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December 2, 2024 at 2:27 AM
"...the qualities that matter in saving a valley or changing the world are mostly not physical courage and violent clashes but the ability to coordinate and inspire and connect with lots of other people and create stories about what could be and how we get there"
My read on the original post is that this is akin to "I was nice, held the door for her, and bought her dinner. Then she didn't have sex with me. Time to rethink this dating thing." If you're being a "progressive ally" because you think it will entitle you to something, you're missing the point.
Here’s the most charitable reading I can offer:
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
November 30, 2024 at 4:01 PM
My read on the original post is that this is akin to "I was nice, held the door for her, and bought her dinner. Then she didn't have sex with me. Time to rethink this dating thing." If you're being a "progressive ally" because you think it will entitle you to something, you're missing the point.
They announced that the Cascadilla Glen trail would close for the season tomorrow. So, of course, I needed to walk back home early enough to walk the glen one more time. (It's often getting dark enough by the time I'm leaving the office that I choose the street route these days.)
November 26, 2024 at 10:11 PM
They announced that the Cascadilla Glen trail would close for the season tomorrow. So, of course, I needed to walk back home early enough to walk the glen one more time. (It's often getting dark enough by the time I'm leaving the office that I choose the street route these days.)
Finished reading _On Bullshit_ today. I think I need to snag my own copy (I pulled from the library). Highly relevant framing for the world today. I need to pull some quotes out of it to share.
November 19, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Finished reading _On Bullshit_ today. I think I need to snag my own copy (I pulled from the library). Highly relevant framing for the world today. I need to pull some quotes out of it to share.
"And how," Berenice had asked, "is that supposed to be a comfort?"
"Because power and cruelty are easy," Sancia had said, "What we're making takes a shitload of work. So we must be doing the right thing."
- Robert Jackson Bennett, _Locklands_
"Because power and cruelty are easy," Sancia had said, "What we're making takes a shitload of work. So we must be doing the right thing."
- Robert Jackson Bennett, _Locklands_
November 18, 2024 at 11:17 PM
"And how," Berenice had asked, "is that supposed to be a comfort?"
"Because power and cruelty are easy," Sancia had said, "What we're making takes a shitload of work. So we must be doing the right thing."
- Robert Jackson Bennett, _Locklands_
"Because power and cruelty are easy," Sancia had said, "What we're making takes a shitload of work. So we must be doing the right thing."
- Robert Jackson Bennett, _Locklands_